The province’s five-point housing plan is too little too late, according to the leaders of the opposition parties.

Premier Andrew Furey announced the plan yesterday, which is aimed at increasing the availability of housing and stabilizing housing rates through private sector development.

PC Leader Tony Wakeham says it is nice to see some initiatives put forward, but questions the timing of the announcement.

He questions why tenders to repair some 150 housing units weren’t issued in the spring. If that happened, Wakeham contends, they would be ready to move into now. He doesn’t believe the plan does much for people who are homeless today.

NDP leader Jim Dinn echoes much of Wakeham’s comments.

He says the issues are nothing new, and he has been raising the alarm about them for years.

Dinn says he is left with one main question for the people who are living in tents and in shelters, when will they have a home? Former PC Leader David Brazil says he was asking the exact same questions in the House of Assembly one year ago.